Domestic Violence

“Domestic Violence” is abuse perpetrated against any of the following persons:

1. A spouse or former spouse
2. A cohabitant or former cohabitant,
3. A person with whom the respondent is having or has had a dating or engagement relationship.
4. A person with whom the respondent has had a child, where the presumption applies, that the male parents is the father of the child of the female parent under the Uniform Parentage Act.
5. A child of a party or a child who is the subject of an action under the Uniform Parentage Act, where the presumption applies that the male parent is the father of the child to be protected.
6. Any other person related by consanguinity or affinity with the second degree.